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Impact of the Clean Energy Transition on Asset Retirement Obligations and Environmental Cleanup Costs

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Introduction: Hidden Challenges of Energy Transition - The evolution of energy transition in the United States has been driven, historically, by advances in new technology, fuel availability, fuel pricing, and, probably...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Advancing Environmental Justice through Battery Energy Storage

Because the sun does not always shine and the wind does not always blow, ensuring that renewable sources can reliably meet society’s energy demands has long been a challenge for clean energy advocates. Battery energy storage...more

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

Battery Storage Procurement: It’s the Wild West Out There

As the energy storage industry continues on its trajectory of near-exponential growth, in the course of assisting our clients we are seeing a wide variety of battery energy storage system (BESS) offerings in the market, and...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - August 2020 #4

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California power shortfall forces sweeping review of grid reliability strategy - Bullet S&P Global – August 21 - In an August 19 letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, the heads of the California Public Utilities...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - August 2020 #2

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U.S. sitting on 145 GW of unused commercial solar potential, according to new Wood Mackenzie study - Bullet Greentech Media – August 10 - Wood Mackenzie is forecasting a 32 percent drop in commercial solar...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 30, August 2020

China's New Coal Projects Make Up 90% of Global Total for First Half of 2020: Study - "Global coal-fired generation capacity saw a net decline of 2.9 gigawatts from January to June, the first drop on record for a six-month...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

D.C. Circuit Decision Upholds Access to Wholesale Markets for Energy Storage Resources, but Will More Litigation Follow?

On July 10, 2020, the D.C. Circuit upheld FERC Order 841, the landmark order requiring wholesale markets to allow participation by energy storage resources.  Challengers had contended that by prohibiting states from barring...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - July 2020 #2

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Court upholds FERC regulation boosting energy storage - Bullet The Hill – July 10 - A federal appeals court this Friday upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Order 841, which directs regional grid...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Takeaways from the 2019 Solar + Storage Midwest Conference for the Ohio Solar Sector

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In November 2019, the Solar Energy Industries Alliance (SEIA) and the Smart Electric Power Association (SEPA) hosted the Solar + Storage Midwest Conference. (This conference was formerly named the “Solar Power Midwest”...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Batteries and Solar Might Be Like Chocolate and Peanut Butter

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Currently, the largest operating solar energy facility in Oregon is the 56 megawatt Gala Solar facility near Prineville, which generates electricity for Apple. But homegrown Oregon developer Obsidian Renewables has plans for...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - August 2016 #4

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Renewable Energy Focus - San Bernardino County rejects a controversial solar power plant proposed for the Mojave Desert - Los Angeles Times - Aug 24 - The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

An ITC For Storage – Bipartisan Support?

Both chambers of Congress have introduced bills that would provide investment tax credits for energy storage projects. Both bills even appear to have some (perhaps superficial) bipartisan support. In the Senate, the...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update -- February 26, 2013

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In This Issue: Renewable Energy Focus - Wind, solar, biomass provide all new US electrical generating capacity in January 2013; Hard session ahead for renewable energy advocates in Texas; Xcel wants to give developers...more

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